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Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 28, – November 8, ) was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for..

Otto Frederick Rohwedder

20th-century American engineer; inventor of the first commercial bread slicer

Otto Frederick Rohwedder

Born	(1880-07-28)July 28, 1880 Davenport, Iowa, United States
Died	November 8, 1960(1960-11-08) (aged 80) Concord, Michigan, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Inventor, engineer
Spouse	Carrie S. Johnson (m. 1905⁠–⁠1955)
Children	2

Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 28, 1880 – November 8, 1960) was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use.^[1] It was first used by the Chillicothe Missouri Baking Company.

Rohwedder pursued a career as a jeweler, opening and operating three jewelry stores of his own in St. Joseph, Mo., until That year, he sold his stores and.

Otto Frederick Rohwedder, born in , was a jeweler by trade with a keen interest as an inventor.

Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 28, – November 8, ) was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for.

Inventor Otto Frederick Rohwedder, the father of commercially sliced bread.

Iowa-born Otto Frederick Rohwedder became the "father of sliced bread" in , but the history of the first bread slicing machine was lost.

Early life and education

Rohwedder was born in Des Moines, Iowa in on July 7, 1880,^[2] the son of Claus and Margaret Rohwedder, of ethnicGerman descent. He was the second youngest of four brothers and a sister.

Rohwedder and his family lived